Therapeutic Approach to the Management of Severe Asymptomatic Hyponatremia
Hyponatremia is an electrolyte imbalance encountered commonly in the hospital and ambulatory settings. It can be seen in isolation or present as a complication of other medical conditions. It is therefore a challenge to determine the appropriate therapeutic intervention. An understanding of the etio...
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| description | Hyponatremia is an electrolyte imbalance encountered commonly in the hospital and ambulatory settings. It can be seen in isolation or present as a complication of other medical conditions. It is therefore a challenge to determine the appropriate therapeutic intervention. An understanding of the etiology is key in instituting the right treatment. Clinicians must not be too hasty to correct a random laboratory value without first understanding the physiologic principle. We present such a case of a patient who presented with sodium of 98 mmol/L, the lowest recorded in the current literature, and yet was asymptomatic. Following appropriate management driven by an understanding of the underlying pathophysiologic mechanism, the patient was managed to full recovery without any clinically significant neurological sequelae. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e0c52d693d6e4e87add5d1c3ec405ab02025-08-20T02:21:30ZengWileyCase Reports in Nephrology2090-66412090-665X2017-01-01201710.1155/2017/13718041371804Therapeutic Approach to the Management of Severe Asymptomatic HyponatremiaThaofiq Ijaiya0Sandhya Manohar1Kameswari Lakshmi2Department of Medicine, Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Rochelle, NY, USADepartment of Medicine, Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Rochelle, NY, USADepartment of Medicine, Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Rochelle, NY, USAHyponatremia is an electrolyte imbalance encountered commonly in the hospital and ambulatory settings. It can be seen in isolation or present as a complication of other medical conditions. It is therefore a challenge to determine the appropriate therapeutic intervention. An understanding of the etiology is key in instituting the right treatment. Clinicians must not be too hasty to correct a random laboratory value without first understanding the physiologic principle. We present such a case of a patient who presented with sodium of 98 mmol/L, the lowest recorded in the current literature, and yet was asymptomatic. Following appropriate management driven by an understanding of the underlying pathophysiologic mechanism, the patient was managed to full recovery without any clinically significant neurological sequelae.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1371804 |
| spellingShingle | Thaofiq Ijaiya Sandhya Manohar Kameswari Lakshmi Therapeutic Approach to the Management of Severe Asymptomatic Hyponatremia Case Reports in Nephrology |
| title | Therapeutic Approach to the Management of Severe Asymptomatic Hyponatremia |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Therapeutic Approach to the Management of Severe Asymptomatic Hyponatremia |
| title_short | Therapeutic Approach to the Management of Severe Asymptomatic Hyponatremia |
| title_sort | therapeutic approach to the management of severe asymptomatic hyponatremia |
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